Topps, the purveyors of candy treats have just launched a little racing web based game to help promote the upcoming Speed Racer Movie, Speed Racer Candy Tracks The game is exactly what you'd expect from the title, a racing game with a Topps candy tie in. The tie in coming from a massive onslaught of in game advertising for all of their products from Bazooka gum to Ring Pops. The tracks may be pink and candy coated but this Flash game already seems ten times more interesting than the bore fest that is Speed Racer the Video Game. I'm sorry, but having to tack on "the Video Game" at the end automatically puts it on my "don't buy list."

Topps' Speed Racer Candy Tracks Game [Topps]

We've seen the trailer, and now we're seeing the screenshots of Speed Racer the Video Game for the Wii. It's based off of the upcoming movie, which will be violently sodomizing our childhood memories this May courtesy of the Wachowski brothers. As for the game itself, it sort of looks like WipeOut or F-Zero GX, only with the lead vehicle replaced with the Mach Five. Now this is not necessarily a bad thing mind you. I love WipeOut and F-Zero. Hell, I even loved Extreme-G for the Nintendo 64, and that was a foggy mess. No fog in these screens, so who knows? Could be a winner. Could also suck horribly, but I'd like to maintain a positive outlook. It just makes the potential disappointment that much sweeter.

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Speed Racer the Game the Trailer

I am strangely intrigued by this Speed Racer video game, probably because I'm strangely intrigued with the cartoon and anything trying to leech of its decades-old popularity. Oh and you can drive a car that jumps stuff, full-on win.

I honestly had no clue this was happening. A Speed Racer film with John Goodman, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, and Richard "Shaft" Roundtree, directed by the Wachowski brothers? How did I not know about this? One of my minions shall be beaten within an inch of its life tonight for certain, but in the meantime I must learn about this glorious film through a Warner Bros. press release for the game of the movie of the animated series.

"We are very excited about this natural extension from the Speed Racer film to the videogame. Larry and Andy are videogame fans themselves, so they believe that an interactive game is a key component to the entire Speed Racer experience," said film producer Joel Silver.

Coming in 2008 for the Wii, DS, and later for the PS2, the game will involve racing, surprisingly enough. Combat racing to be exact, incorporating the 'car-fu' action the Wacho's have developed for the film. Look for the Wii and DS versions to launch with the film's release, with the PS2 version hitting stores when the DVD does for some strange reason. More »